Engraving depicting the great winged bull from Nineveh, excavated by Austen Henry Layard, being loaded aboard the 'Apprentice' on the Euphrates for shipment to the British Museum. Austen Henry Layard (1817-1894) an English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, draughtsman, collector, politician and diplomat. Dated 19th Century

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